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Radical ideas are bold, original, provocative. Radical ideas call for building barricades in the streets, then storming those same barricades. Radical ideas require decisive action, no matter how stupid that action may be.
The one thing radical ideas have …

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Labels show which products from Olli Salumeria Americana which are affected by a recent recall due to Listeria.
Labels show which products from Olli Salumeria Americana which are affected by a recent …

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Labels show which products from Olli Salumeria Americana which are affected by a recent recall due to Listeria.
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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
The Jemez Agency
More than 400 Americans die from unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 20,000 visit the emergency room, and more than 4,000 others are …

Al Diamon
Radical ideas are bold, original, provocative. Radical ideas call for building barricades in the streets, then storming those same barricades. Radical ideas require decisive action, no matter how stupid that action may be.
The one thing radical …

Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post
Published 2:14 pm, Thursday, September 21, 2017
When the 4-year-old slipped her hand into her grandmother's purse, she was searching for something sweet, her father told the Tampa Bay Times.
Shane Zoller told the …

Flame retardants are everywhere—in the couch in your fire station, the chair in your living room, the mattress pad in your child’s daycare. Plastics, wiring, foams, fabrics and insulation are all likely to contain flame retardants. We are all exposed to …

Rhode Island and Maine are halting the sale of new upholstered furniture containing flame retardants, and San Francisco may follow suit. Under legislation enacted earlier this month, Rhode Island is banning the sale of new furniture and bedding that …

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
John R. Bass, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of …

Rambunctious third-graders filled a classroom in Seattle on a crisp autumn day. One of the students dropped his backpack, and horror ensued.
That student had brought a parent’s gun to school and was carrying it in his backpack. When the bag fell to the …

WASHINGTON — A study based on data from 2012 to 2014 suggests that, on average, 5,790 children in the United States receive medical treatment in an emergency room each year for a gun-related injury.
About 21 percent of those injuries are unintentional.
…

The death of a 22-year-old Maine man over the weekend who was killed after trying to launch fireworks off his head was one of several Independence Day-related incidents nationwide.
Devon Staples of Calais, Maine, was killed instantly Saturday when he put …

CALAIS, Maine, July 5 (UPI) -- Maine experienced its first death related to fireworks since making them legal two years ago, according to reports.
Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland told reporters 22-year-old Devon Staples died …

In 2012, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a rule banning the sale of sets of small magnets. In November, the company that defied the agency won a federal appeals court victory; the firm’s website trumpeted, “Ban cleared. Game on.”
The …

One of this year's most popular toys may also be a parent's worst nightmare.
Parents are sharing their horrific experiences trying to remove Bunchems from their children's hair. Bunchems are little colored plastic balls about the size of a …

The Consumer Product Safety Commission or CPSC came down hard last week on Best Buy. The retailer agreed to a $3.8 million civil penalty for distributing and selling products that had been recalled earlier.
Selling goods that are subject to “voluntary …

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq:MNKD) focused on the development and commercialization of inhaled therapeutic products for patients with diseases such as diabetes and pulmonary arterial …

Esteemed Experts Engaged as Company Advances Clinical Development Program
Phase 2b Data for Lead Program Expected in the Second Half of 2018
BOSTON, March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- resTORbio, Inc. (NASDAQ:TORC) today announced the formation of a …

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PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwired - March 18, 2018) - Better Business Bureau serving Central, Northern and Western Arizona (BBB) announced that Arizona Pest Squad is a finalist for the 2018 BBB Torch Awards for Ethics. Winners will be announced during the awards …

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